Improvement in fans



UNITED STArEs PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN HARPER., OF NEWARK, NEW JERsEY.

.IMPROVEMENT IN FANS.

specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,250, dated September 25, 1866.

To all whom it 'may concern Be it known that I, NATHAN HARPER, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvem ent in Fans and I (lo hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same.

The presentnvention consists in combining with a fan made of a series of strips of willow braided, wovcn, or interlocked together, shects of paper, pasteboard, card-board, or other material' suitable for having indicated upon it by type, plate, or lit-hographic printing, or in any proper manner, any dcsired business, commercial, or other advertisemcnt, whercby a fan is secured possessing all the beauty and neatncss 'of the ordinary willow fan, and at the same time an advertising-fan combined with it, the paper serving to strengthen, support, and stifl'en the willow, and thus rendering it much more firm and durable and greatlyincreasing its utility.

In the accompanying plate of drawings my improvemcnts in fans are illustrated, Figure l being a front view of one side of a fan made according thercto with a portion of the paper covering broken out; Fig..2, a similar view to Fig. 1, but with the paper covering entire; Fig. 3, a transverse section taken in the plane of the line w a", Fig. 1; Fig. 4, asimilar section to Fig. 3, but taken in the plane of the line y y, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicatc like parts.

A in the drawings represents the body of the fan, which, in the present invention, is composed of a series of willow strips, a a, braided, interlocked, or Woven together in a flat shape, and a sheet, b, of paper, pasteboard,

card-board, or any other material' suitable for w being printed upon, which paper sheet is' seeured to the outside of the willow, entirely covering one side or surface of the same by ,means of paste or glue, or other suitable adthe beauty and neatness of afh ordinary willow fan are retained, it is also made serviceable as a means of advertising, or, in other words, an advertising-fan, the willow being also grea-tly strengthened, stiffened, and rendered quite firm and durable.

In addition to using a paper or other covering similar thereto for the braided willow, if such paper upon its surface in contact with the willow is tinted, it is obvious 'that much beauty is imparted to the willow surface, as by so tinting the paper, a contra-st can be produced between the willow strips and the paper; and, furthermore, in lieu of applying the paper 01' other similar sheet to the exterior of the willow, they may be placed in and between two layers of Willow, one upon each side, the use ot' paper in this manner also imparting great strength and stiffness to the willow of which the fan is composed, as well as greatly enhancing the beauty of the willow if suitablel t-inted paper is used. a

VVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isfly A fan constructed of Wood, as described, and re-enforced by paper or cloth, substantially as and forthe purpose specifiied. I

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 9th day of April, 1866.

- NATHAN HA'RPERa lVitnesses:

WM. FWMCNAMARA, t ALEX. F. RoBER'Ts. 

